The Battle of Anghiari 1657 - 1666

Editor: Here we have Gérard Edelinck's "The Battle of Anghiari". It feels like such a dramatic scene frozen in time! What strikes you most when you look at it? Curator: Ah, Edelinck! What I see is controlled chaos. He's rendering Leonardo's lost fresco - imagine the pressure! It's a copy of a copy, echoing a ghost, if you will. Do you feel the struggle between honoring the original and making it his own? Editor: I do now that you mention it. There's this underlying tension! I guess it's more than just horses and swords. Curator: Exactly! It's Edelinck wrestling with the masters, with history itself. Maybe that's the real battle here. Editor: Wow, I never thought of it that way. Thanks for shedding some light on this! Curator: My pleasure! It makes you wonder what battles we’re all silently fighting, doesn’t it?